tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post603876257456716748..comments2015-03-31T08:42:38.610-07:00Comments on TOM CLARK: Superstition in Heavy StormZephirinenoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-8416282402125410852011-06-06T08:31:15.593-07:002011-06-06T08:31:15.593-07:00Yes, uncanny -- until she got to the attribution, ...Yes, uncanny -- until she got to the attribution, she couldn&#39;t tell the difference either.TChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-41245347867272242702011-06-06T07:27:03.584-07:002011-06-06T07:27:03.584-07:00Absolutely my first thought too -- HK looking like...Absolutely my first thought too -- HK looking like SF here. . . .STEPHEN RATCLIFFEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-54649120689506027272011-06-05T08:09:29.341-07:002011-06-05T08:09:29.341-07:00Ah, minatory, absolutely the right word. How can w...Ah, minatory, absolutely the right word. How can we rebuild what has already fallen apart when we are so overwhelmed by the disrepair of the present that the warm air from the overheating planet element, rising upward, creates global cooling in the mesosphere. The element of mystery in the apparently<br /><br />accidental, <br /><br />as though the <br /><br />word for “word”<br />had several words<br /><br />concealed within it -- &quot;future&quot;, &quot;rebuild&quot;, &quot;minatory&quot;, &quot;overwhelming&quot;.<br /><br />That photo of Hong Kong could almost trick Someone into thinking, San Francisco.<br /><br />That is all I know, though perhaps not all I need to know.TChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-28960384483776148792011-06-04T06:53:59.528-07:002011-06-04T06:53:59.528-07:00Tom,
Yes, as Curtis notes, those storm clouds ove...Tom,<br /><br />Yes, as Curtis notes, those storm clouds over Hong Kong are &quot;overwhelming&quot; (likewise, the heavy shelf cloud above Enschede). Nothing quite like here but raining nonetheless (again -- can it be June 4? ? ?), with &quot;wind to take the future the way we are / going&quot;<br /><br />6.4<br /><br />grey rain clouds against shadowed canyon<br />of ridge, wind in green leaves on branch<br />in foreground, waves sounding in channel<br /><br /> accidental, word for “word”<br /> had several words for <br /><br /> that is, picture as well as<br /> surface, reflect that<br /><br />grey white clouds reflected in channel,<br />shadowed green pine on tip of sandspitSTEPHEN RATCLIFFEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-29562954171008050102011-06-04T05:44:04.442-07:002011-06-04T05:44:04.442-07:00I&#39;ve read this a number of times and will go o...I&#39;ve read this a number of times and will go on reading it and looking at the images today and throughout the weekend, I expect. Even so, anything I write now feels like an &quot;instant reaction&quot; to something that deserves something much more thoughtful. I feel more than ever before under the influence of a heavy storm that I am fighting against. Except when blinking my eyes to keep out foreign objects and moving my hands away from heating elements, I try to fight off superstition and ritualistic, reactive behavior, but under the influence of the heavy storm, this isn&#39;t easy and I find myself falling into all sorts of obsessive patterns. I love the minatory, architectural look of the words on the page and I am overwhelmed by the photograph of Hong Kong through the stormy distance. Yesterday in Dayton, the president used the phrase &quot;rebuild the future&quot;, which sort of confused me. At least it has an element of mystery to it, unlike &quot;win the future&quot;, which is just silly.curtisrobertshttp://curtisroberts.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.com